Monty Python & The Holy Grail - 40th Anniversary Blu-Ray $4.99

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Monty Python & The Holy Grail - 40th Anniversary Blu-Ray $4.99

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$5 for the 40th Anniversary edition!

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Have you seen the Monty Python Live (Mostly) - One Down Five To Go reunion?
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I did!
For the Monty Python Aficionado: The long-awaited stage reunion of the surviving Monty Python members, MONTY PYTHON LIVE (MOSTLY): ONE DOWN, FIVE TO GO (136 mins., 2014; Eagle Vision), is something of a mixed bag. On the one hand, the production – taped during the Python’s 10 performances at the O2 in London this past summer – does offer the novelty of seeing John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin together again, reprising classic sketches and songs from their groundbreaking TV series and subsequent motion pictures, as well as the classic “Contractual Obligation Album”. Graham Chapman is paid tribute in film footage interspersed with other vintage Python routines throughout – and yet, despite the effort that went into the production, there’s just something flat and stale about the affair, whether it’s the overproduced numbers (try an endless, unfunny 10-minute “Penis Song” song-and-dance bit) or the seemingly half-engaged participation of the Pythons themselves (you can just sense Gilliam was only involved to make another run at filming his “Don Quixote” project). Perhaps some of this worked better live and in-person, but in any event, the faithful are still likely to appreciate this souvenir filming of the London performances, with Eagle Vision’s Blu offering a 1080p transfer and both LPCM stereo audio and DTS MA 5.1 sound. A series of short extras take fans behind the scenes from the show’s announcement a year ago through to its performances this past summer, with some star cameos included for good measure.

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